Statistics for Cold War Knowledge Quiz

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which city was split into four sectors after World War Two?	Berlin	90%
What animal, sent by the Soviets, was the first in space?	Laika the dog	90%
What items were on the Soviet flag?	Hammer, sickle and star	85%
Where was there a nuclear accident on 26 April 1986?	Cherynobyl	83%
Who overthrew the Cuban government in1958?	Fidel Castro	83%
What year was the Soviet flag lowered from the Kremlin for the last time?	1991	75%
Who was the president of Yugoslavia in 1953?	Josip Broz Tito	75%
What was Russia attempting to send him in 1962?	Nuclear weapons	65%
Who was the first man in space?	Yuri Gagarin	65%
What year was the AK-47 first made by Russia?	1947	50%
Who did the US fight in the Vietnam war?	Viet Cong	45%
Who was the Soviet leader who introduced the policy of de-Stalinization?	Khrushchev	40%
What was the Polish trade union with over 9 million members in the 1980s?	Solidarity	33%
What item was Trotsky murdered with?	Ice pick	28%
What animal did Soviet scientists attempt to domesticate in 1959?	Fox	5%